Probing of the cis-5-phenyl proline scaffold as a platform for the synthesis of mechanism-based inhibitors of the Staphylococcus aureus sortase SrtA isoform

Bioorg Med Chem. 2009 Apr 1;17(7):2886-93. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.02.008. Epub 2009 Feb 13.

Abstract

cis-5-Phenyl prolinates with electrophilic substituents at the fourth position of a pyrrolidine ring were synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of arylimino esters with divinyl sulfone and acrylonitrile. 4-Vinylsulfonyl 5-phenyl prolinates inhibit Staphylococcus aureus sortase SrtA irreversibly by modification of the enzyme Cys184 and could be used as hits for the development of antibacterials and antivirulence agents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aminoacyltransferases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Aminoacyltransferases / metabolism
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Cysteine Endopeptidases / metabolism
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Proline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Proline / chemistry
  • Protein Isoforms / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Protein Isoforms / metabolism
  • Staphylococcus aureus / enzymology*
  • Sulfones / chemical synthesis*
  • Sulfones / chemistry
  • Sulfones / pharmacology

Substances

  • 5-phenyl proline
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Protein Isoforms
  • Sulfones
  • divinyl sulfone
  • Proline
  • Aminoacyltransferases
  • sortase A
  • Cysteine Endopeptidases